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STRANGEST FRENCH WOMAN. ] Lucie Delarue Madras, Beautiful and 1 Wealthy, is Extraordinary. Mme. Lucie Delarue Madrus, in many respects the most remarkable 1 woman in France, has, says the Nash-1 ( ville American, just returned from a c trip to Egypt, more convinced than s ever that she is the reincarnation of f the woman of centuries ago who in- c spired the sculptor of the Sphinix. ? Seated in the desert in the shadow c of the giant figure, with its weather- i worn features, Mme. Madura's 1 striking resemblance to the graven \ image was so startling that every t ' c Tiro o etriinl' hv 5 UltilllUCr Ui IUC a l L J nan ovi uva w?' it. i But this remarkable woman is ( never so happy as when she is mak- ( ing a sensation. Beautiful, wealthy 1 and keen in wit, she succeeds in t keeping herself before the public in i some striking pose all the time. i She is a writer of the most daring and erotic literature, has written 1 plays and poems and novels, though < she is not yet 35. * She has an insatiable desire for < * 1 ' ^Tti'nor in o 1 Li a vei, ail uusuai uimb xxx u, x. person, and she has been in the 'Himalayas, has explored remote regions in Arabia, Persia and the Carpathian Mountains. She made a tour of Greece on foot, visited the harems of Turkey, wandered all over the West African desert, and now she has been in Egypt the past winter. She believes that when in Rome one should do as the Romans do. Wherever she goes she dresses in the garb of the native women of the place and enters as far as a foreigner can, into the life of the people. She declares that she is getting material for more books and plays? storing up local color for the future. She always is photographed in her costumes and against picturesque backgrounds, and sees that the illustrated papers are well supplied with j poses of herself. t In her travels she has had many x adventures and hair-breadth escapes, j but as she always travels with a j large retinue of servants and has several friends with her she is never ( in any very great danger. She trav- } els like a princess, although she has ^ had to endure innumerable hardships , on some of her journeys. , Her next journey is to be to this ? conutry next year. She is going to t visit the Rocky mountains, Mexico, y Arizona and Alaska. She wants to climb Mount McKinley, or at least to ( attempt it. j Won't Receive Mail. c ( Paris, Tenn., Dec. 21.?Because, 1 when one negro letter carrier had i resigned as one day's work showed f that few persons in Paris would ac- t cept United States mail from his i hands, it became known here yester- ? day that he would be succeeded by c another negro?the next available on < the eligible list for the place?hun- t dreds of letters were received to-day i by Postmaster Dickerson, protesting t ' against mails being delivered by a < negro carrier. William Franklin, a t notrrn was made a carrier and began i *' ? _ /^work yesterday, but returning to the ( postoffice with but few pieces of his i pack of mail having been delivered, he resigned. George Bivens, a negro school teacher, was appointed and accepted. He announced to-day < that he had resigned as a pedagogue and would begin carrying mail to- , morrow. No violence is expected. Major Wasn't Game. Spartanburg, Dec. 19.?Greenbury i Franklin and Miss Laura James, 1 both of Beaumont, repaired to the 1 office of Magistrate A. H. Kirby Sat- t urday afternoon and requested him ? to speak the words that would tie I the knot of their connubial bliss. The Major complied in due process i of law and with ceremony and dig- i nity. At the conclusion of the cere- s mony he commanded Franklin to c > salute his young bride; but Franklin 1 declined. Major Kirby thereupon i said: "If you don't salute her, I I will." I > The groom told the major to proceed, and the major called the bride <Vv?.+V? Qha rocnnnilpd t.O his Call. J.V/X til* l^uv A ? ? ? , but the witnesses in the court room 1 tell that the major wasn't "game" c to carry out his threat to the groom. 1 i ( World Record for Crossing Ocean. Boston, Dec. 20.?At 72 years of j age Thomas Martin, a manufacturer 1 of Winchester, holds the world's rec- j ord for transatlantic travel as a pas- ( senger. He has taken so many trips < to Great Britain that he ceased years ago to keep track of the number. Beginning in 1870 he has crossed the j ocean not less than twice a year and in some years he has made as many as five trips to Europe. ^ In a hundred-odd trips he has crossed the Atlantic more than 200 ' times, traveling more than 600,000 miles in the ocean liners. Mr. Martin always travels first class and the approximate sum of money that he has paid to the steamship companies is not less than $50,000 for himself and Mrs. Martin. i PRICE OF THE PEDDLER'S ACRE. I, Fifteenth Century Legacy Involving $405,000 in British Courts. London, Dec. 19.?A case which vill decide the allocation of $405,)00, now in chancery, will shortly iome on in the law courts. The >tory of this money opens in the ifteenth century, when a peddler belueathed to the old Lambeth Parish tn acre of riverside land on the conlition that his dog, which had accompanied him in his travels, might be juried in the churchyard. The peddler's legacy, known as he Peddler's Acre, brought in only some 70 cents a year originally, but it the time the London County Coun;il acquired the e&tate the Lambeth Council wras receiving $9,000 a year from it. The money was devoted to ;ke reduction of the local rates, beng equivalent to a rate of one farthng in the pound. The London County Council jought the estate to build its new jounty hall on it, the price being M05,000. The money was paid into ihancery as the council did not wish :o participate in the dispute which irose as to its allocation. in old days mere naa ueea mauj ights over the property, and in 1824 in attempt was made to sell or mortgage the acre in order to build a jhapel in the district. The inhabi:ants protested and secured an Act )f Parliament in the reign of George V, vesting the property in the rec:or and church wardens and ten oth?r rated inhabitants, the rents and proceeds to be applied to parochial lurposes. The church wardens claimed a share of the price paid by the bounty Council, and the fight now ies between them and the Lambeth Borough Council. Does Legal Hanging Void Policy? Washington, Dec. 20.?The supreme court of the United States will ;o-morrow hear arguments to deternine whether a life insurance policy rmli and void because the iolder has been executed. In February, 1905, James S. Mc2ue, mayor of Charlottesville, Va., *as hanged for the murder of his vife some months previous. He held i policy of $15,000 in a life insurince company, and upon his death md nonpayment of the claim suit in >ehalf of his several young children vas begun by next of friend. While the outward contention of he company is not that the payment s resisted because McCue was exe;uted and thereby brought about his >wn death, at least in part, having )een found guilty by a jury of the nurder of his wife, the punishment 'or which in this case was death on ;he gallows, the claim is made that nasmuch as no beneficiary was namid in the policy during the life time )f the insured, therefore no benefijiary sustained injury. Stripped of echnicalities, however, the company esists the payment on the ground ;hat McCue was hanged and the luestion has been put squarely up ;o the court to determine, whether n such case, the policy became in :onsequence of such act null and roid or whether it shall be paid. Mrs. Jackson for Pensions. - - T? Charlotte, iN. c., uec. zi.?ivirs. Stonewall Jackson, widow of the fanous Confederate chieftain, to-day iffixed her signature to a petition isking that an amendment be adopted to the Sherwood "dollar a day" tension bill providing for pensions for Confederate veterans. The pe;ition was drawn by members of Vlecklenburg Camp of Veterans and ;he Daughters of the Confederacy, tnd is being signed by scores of prominent citizens. The petition recites that that Con'ederates "fought for a principal vhich they believed to be right, and ;ince the war have patiently and cheerfully contributed to pension the Federal soldiers, and they respectfully submit that, as they help to jay, the general pension, they should jarticipate in its benefits." Alleged Tigers Arrested. Walterboro, Dec. 20.?Walterboro las been much excited since Monday ever the arrest of a number of alleged jlind tigers, and the subsequent proceedings. The town council engaged detec;ives and Monday morning seven sus -L--3 peers were arresieu. ixiuse aucaicu ivere Mrs. C. J. Byrne and W. G. Byrne, white; Lawrence Handy, Bhris Edwards, J. H. Holmes, Will singleton and Shaffer Singleton, legroes. The accused, who were jailed, gave Dond by night. Tuesday morning, upon the call of :he cases, it was decided to take up :hat against Mrs. C. J. Byrne first. A.fter some legal manoeuvring the jase was continued until January 8. ' The two detectives claim to have purchased liquor from all the accused. More rain fell in Bamberg last sveek than has fallen here for several months. y ..- vv CHARGED WITH LADS' DEATH. 1 Two Arrests Sequel to Bennettsville 1 Mystery of Thanksgiving, 1910. Bennettsville, Dec. 21.?The arrest here to-day of Joe Malloy l and Charlotte Easterling, charged ! 1 with the murder of two white boys, I Guy Rogers and Prentiss Moore, on i November 24, 1910, came as a sur- t prise and sensation to many. It is j understood that negro detectives c have been working on the case for i several months, and that they have 2 secured strong testimony, and those t who know the work of the detectives f in this case say that there is little c room to question the guilt of Joe Malloy, as principal, and Charlotte r Easterling, as accessory. I Bodies Found in Ditch. i It will be recalled that these two i little boys left their homes in Ben- 1 nettsville on a hunting trip Thanks- ^ giving Day, November 24, 1910; that they failed to return to their 1 homes that evening, and that search- i ing parties were organized, and for c two or three days the river swamp 1 was searched; that finally the bodies i of the two boys were found in a i ditch, in an open field, very near Charlotte Easterling's house. 1 The coroner's jury deliberated several days and finally returned a verdict that the boys came to their death * from gunshot wounds inflicted in a ( manner unknown to the jury. There ^ were many who suspected Joe Mai- ^ loy at that time. * Mystery Explained. c There were three theories ad- 1 vanced at the time to explain the J mystery, one being murder, one acci- * dental shooting of Prentiss Moore * by Guy Rogers and then suicide on * the part of Guy Rogers, the otner v an accident as to both. Joe Malloy, who has been arrested, is a negro man who had at that time a wife and several children. His wife died a few weeks after the verdict of the coroner's jury under somewhat suspicious circumstances. It is probable that Joe Malloy and Charlotte Easterling will be given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate S. J. Mclnnis to-morrow or the next day. HUNTER SAVED FROM GALLOWS Savannah Man's Sentence Commuted on Eve of Execution. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21.?The death sentence imposed upon J. C. Hunter, of Savannah, for the murder of his wife and two other women, was commuted to life imprisonment to-day by Gov. Slaton. The State board of pardons had recommended such a course. Hunter was sentenced several months ago but execution was postponed pending investigation of a story told by a Savannah negro, halfway implicating himself. The negro was tried and acquitted. Hunter was to have died to-morrow. Prisoner Hears Good News. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 21.?J. C. s Hunter, under sentence to be hang- j ed to-morrow, Dut wnose sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, was baptized in the jail to-day by the Rev. John S. Wilder, his spiritual adviser. It was not until after this service had been performed that he was told of his good luck at the hands of the governor. The man went into the improvised baptismal pool at the jail, thinking that he was literally standing upon the brink of the grave. He did not falter at any time in his assertions of his innocence, and after the ceremony was over and he was told that he Was not to be hanged, he seemed much relieved but is still of the opinion that he is entitled to a ftill pardon. j Operation to Save Richeson. Boston, Dec. 20.?Rev. Clarence * V. T. Richeson, in jail awaiting trial s on the charge of murdering Miss ( Avis Linnell, cut himself with a piece 1 of tin early to-day. It is said that the wound was inflicted in the groin and that his condition is understood j not to be serious. The act of the minister is not re- J garded by the jail officials as an at- e tempt to commit suicide. A disturbance was heard in Richeson's cell early this morning. He had gashed himself with a sharp piece of T tin. Richeson cried to the guards: ? is ti? t-i k "I've cut myseu?i m uieeuiug cu death." The doctor found Richeson had cut himself severely. Four surgeons re- ^ sorted to a drastic operation. Riche- f son was put under an anaesthetic c and the operation was said to be a j successful one. 1 After Richeson was carried to the ; jail hospital where an auxiliary oper- t ation was performed the surgeons j said they thought he would recover. Counsel Morse, for Richeson, said i he had been visiting the former cler- \ gyman daily until yesterday and that on each visit Richeson had expressed l confidence in his acquittal. How t Richeson's act to-day would affect 1 future proceedings, Mr. Morse was t unwilling to conjecture. t JEMAXD PAY FOR DEAD SQUAW. -lusband Slew Her and was Acquitted But Tribe Turns Up. Lake View, Ore., Dec. 21.?Bige Archie, who was accused of killing lis squaw at Plush, on the Klamath ndian Reservation, a few months igo, and who was found not guilty >y a jury in the circuit court, will ret have to pay a penalty for the !eed, according to rumors from Warier Valley. Bige is a Piute Indian, md his squaw was of the Pit River ribe. The latter tribe is not satisied with the result of the circuit :ourt trial. The Pit River Indians are now denanding that Bige and his friends lay over a suitable amount in pay nent for the wife, and in case they efuse to do so it is said that it will >e a case of life for life and war, vith Bige in the leading role. It is understood that Bige and lis tribesmen are endeavoring to aise the money and valuables to . luiet the wrath of the Pit Rivers and lope for an early settlement. Ten lonies will settle the bill in full paynent for the squaw. Whiskey-making in South Carolina 100 Years Ago. One hundred years ago and down ls late as 1840, perhaps, anybody jould make whiskey in this State. [t was the well-to-do farmers wno vere able to purchase a still and put t up. There are not many branches >r small streams with a few feet of 'all in the country that did not at some time have a still house on ;hem. A small dam was made on he branch and the water was carried ;o the still in small wooden troughs ;ut out by hand with axes. These veresupported on forked stakes driven into the ground. The still house vas generally a small log cabin built >n the bank of the branch. When corn was furnished the listiller made whiskey on the shares )r charged a certain price per gallon. Peach and apple brandy was nade the same way. There was no license law in that lay. Merchants could sell it by the lint or gallon or barrel. If you could see some of the old books of account i hundred years ago, you would find :hat more than half the items would ead whiskey, brandy, wine and gin. Perhaps whiskey sold at 37 to 50 ;ents a gallon in the old days. A sushel of corn was estimated at 50 :ents and it would make 2% to 3 gallons of whiskey. The old-time listfllers say that more than three gallons of honest whiskey cannot be nade from a bushel of corn. Down is late as 1860 some of our best citisens made whiskey, for they had ieen brought up in still houses and lelieved that there was no harm in t. Even church members and dea10ns engaged in the business. For a few years in the '50's the tillage, as Spartanburg was called, vas dry. The town council voted jut barrooms. There were no blind :igers then, but when milk was jcarce and the chilly weather called 'or something a little stronger than vater, all one had to do was to send jut to some still house and order a fug of whiskey. So the people did lot suffer much for want of it. Some )f them did suffer on agcount of the ibundance of it. At the close of the war B. F. Per y was Provisional Governor. He "* - 1 xv? lA/.;n1nl?ra ;anea a sessiuu ui mc icgiuiaiuic. 3ne of the perplexing questions was ;he making and sale of whiskey. It vas freely discussed, but nothing was lone. One member, who had always seen a total abstainer, said that he vas in favor of letting any and every3ody make it, but fix the maximum 3rice at 37 cents, so that they would 3aake it so mean that it would soon sill out the drunkards. The government then took hold of ;he matter and then came moonshine stills-, blockade wagons, and all sorts >f plans to furnish whiskey to the leedy. The moonshiners exercised great ngenuity and mechanical skill in rigging up their stills. One citizen of ;his county needed a little for his 3wn use. He fixed a wooden top to i large wash pot, had the worm nade by a tinner and made some rvhiskey in that way. Uf course, tne *un would be a light one, but it vould be enough to keep the family ;oing several days.?Capt. Petty in Spartanburg Journal. ! Called to Door and Shot. Marion, Dec. 21.?B. T. Ammons, vho for a long time carried the mail torn Marion to Britton's Neck, was :alled out on his piazza in the lower )art of the county about 10 o'clock ast night and shot to death. The one vho did the shooting has not yet )een apprehended, consequently no irrests have followed. The sheriff and coroner left this norning for Mr. Ammons's home, >ut they have not yet returned. It is reported that .Mr. Ammons las been having trouble for some :ime with a family of negroes who ive near him and it is thought that he shooting might be the culmina;ion of this trouble. o. >s. 7 . ;?Av - ASSISTS ALLEGED ROBBER. Dr. Harvey Hill, of Baltimore, Visits Scene of Train Hold-Up. Having been delayed in leaving the city Tuesday afternoon, Dr. J. Harvey Hill, of Baltimore, father of George H. Hill who, with Henry Eckstorm, is being held at the Chatham county jail as the bandits who held up Atlantic Coast Line train No. 80 Tuesday morning of last week, went to Hardeeville, S. C., the scene of the robbery Wednesday, says the Savannah Press. The purpose of the visit of Dr. Hill to Hardeeville is in the interest of his son. It is expected while he is there to-day he will investigate the movements of his son and Eckstnrm durinsr the three weeks thev were there prior to the robbery. Dr. Hill has made preparation for having counsel to represent his son and Eckstorm at the preliminary hearing. Mr. H. Wylly Johnson has conferred with United States Commissioner W. R. Hewlett relative to deciding upon a date for the preliminary hearing in the case. Mr. Johnson stated Wednesday morning, however, that it had not been definitely decided that he will represent the young , men at the trial. Hearing Next Month. The postal authorities are in the meantime continuing their work upon the case. It was stated this morning that the date stated for the preliminary hearing was selected because of the Christmas holidays. Just at this season the train crews and railroad employees who will ap pear as witnesses for the prosecution are unusually busy, and it was decid-" ed not to have the preliminary hearing until after Christmas in order that the work of the train crews will not to be interfered with by the trial. The prisoners were visited Wednesday at the jail by Mr. Johnson, who consulted with them for quite a while. The father of young Hill did not call at the jail to see his son before leaving the city. No effort has been made by Dr. Hill at this time to secure the release of his son or the other man under a bond. The postal authorities stated that it was thought this could be satisfactorily aranged with Commissioner Hewlett, who has the authority in this matter. Dr. Hill has not called upon the postal authorities since he has been in the city. Identification Not Positive. There is much sepculation throughout the city as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. There are many people who believe the officers have the right men and just as many who do not accept this view. The identification of the men at the jail Sunday by the crew of the train that was robbed is understood to have been far from complete. It is reported that tnose wno were on the engine where the robbers poked their pistols in their direction and ordered them to hold up their hands are not by any means emphatic in their assertion that the men under arrest were the men behind the guns. While the voices of the accused were first heard by the members of the train crew and they were inclined to identify them that way, when the men were brought into view there was less positiveness in the identification. CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Mother Leaves Boy and Girl in House?Origin of Fire. Newberry, Dec. 21.?Two negro children were burned to death when a tenant house on Mr. Thomas J. Davenport's Belfast plantation, near the Laurens line, was destroyed by fire at about noon. The mother, Lilla Davis, had left the house a few minutes before. When the fire was discovered the house was almost completely destroyed, and all efforts to save the children were unavailing. The house was burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is unknown, though it is supposed the children, when left by their mother, followed their natural instincts and played in the fire, and that the house was set on fire in this manner. The children were aged about 5 , and 3 years, respectively. The elder was a girl. Their charred remains were found in the bed, where the children had met their horrible death together. The tenant house was a threeroom frame dwelling, and Mr. Davenport's loss is about $,400, with no insurance. The fire occurred during a heavy downpour of rain. The man who keeps his money hidden under a stone in the fire place is becoming almost as rare as the woman who hides hers away in an old stocking. Most people have learned that banks are safer. But occasionally somebody takes the old chance and loses. J. J. Lee, of Ingleside, Ga., kept money in an old tool chest on his back porch. There was over $300 of it in gold. The thief left the hammer and saw. Blank books at Herald Book Store J i .--rw ; .* t- ' SHE COULD SHOUT, SAYS Mrs. John W. Pitchford, of Aspen, North Carolina. I will always use Hunt's Cure for itching trouble, and tell all I see about it. I could shout now to know that we are all well of that dreadful trouble. The first of last fall my little hoy broke out with some kind of itching trouble. Thinking his blood was bad I gave him a blood tonic, but he got worse, and could not sleep at night. Some said he had itch, and told me what was good for it. I used what people said would cure it but nothing did any good. My other two children and myself took the disease from him in January, 1911. I saw Hunt's Cure advertised and I purchased a 50c. box. It helped my little boy so much % I got a box for each of the family, and now we are all well of that awful trouble. Hunt's Cure will cure itch in a short time if you will go by directions. We had it in its worse y# form, and used Hunt's Cure, and we are now all well. Thanks to A. B. Richards Merficine Co. of Sherman, Texas, manu- ?.[: facturers of such healing medicine. MRS. JOHN W. PITCHPORD, .vg Aspen, N. C. Sold by: Peoples Drag Co., Bam* berg, S. C. TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, >3 school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1911 until the 15th day of March, 1912, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1912, until the 31st day of January, 1912, a penalty of one per cent will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st dav of February. 1912, until the 28th day of February, 1912, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1912, until the 15th day of March, 1912, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. > THE LEVY. For State purposes 5% mills For County purposes 5% mills' Constitutional school tax....3 N- mills ^ Total 14% mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. /Si Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills i Binnakers, No. 12 '. ^...3 mills .M Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18 2 mills Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills Denmark, No. 21 6% mills 3 Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills I Govan, No. 11 4 mills u Hutto, No. 6 2 mills v3j? Hampton, No. 3 2 mills Heyward, No. 24 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, ..1 milt Lees, No. 23 . 4 mills . -' ..J Midway, No. 2 ::.........2 mills vSj 5 Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills Olar, No. 8 4 mills St JohnB, No. 10 ....2 milts , Salem, No. 9 3 mills ':4 Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills fj All persons between the ages of , twenty-one and sixty years of age, . fl except Confederate soldiers and sail- ^ ors, who are exempt at 50 years of *2 age, are liable to a poll tax of one * dollar. 1 V:i]aB Capitation dog tax 50 cents. : All persons who were 21 years of i age on or before the 1st day of January, 1911, are liable to a poll tax ^ of one dollar, and all who have not r| made returns to the Auditor, are requested to do so on or before the | 1st of January, 1912. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollara from *j the 15th day of October, 1911, until : the 1st day of March, 1912. JOHN F. FOLK, * Treasurer Bamberg County. ^ -^3 FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS. .. The local BambeFg Farmers' Union meets at the court house in Bamberg t on the first and third Friday mornings in every month. Meeting at -SM 11 o'clock. Applications for mem- |f bership received at every meeting. . Let all members be present. j. w. stewart, J. P. O'QUINN, President Secretary. ; iid. j delk! CAjgjJtiE VOMS -Wi When in need of anything in f i my line, don't forget the place, '.ugjj No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, ^ S. 0., in front of the cotton mill. We rnn a first-class repair | and wheel wright shop, bnffd j ! one and two-horse wagons, sew* -y'M ing machine and delivery wagons, log carts, and any special . wagon; paint baggies and automobiles in factory style. We are agent for the Deering harvesting machinery, disc harrows, compost spreaders, gasoline engines, etc. We carry a stock of the best grain drills on the market. , Call and see us before yon buy. Anything sent us will have the same attention as if yon were to bring it yourself. n i nni \s I U. J. L/CL>I\ BAMBERG S. C. '' '. '"J G. MOTE DICKINSON I *% INSURANCE AGENT ; 1 WILL WRITE ANYTHING ' . *.-4 Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most re- I liable companies. 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, 8. C. Before disposing of your cotton seed, see me. Will buy or exchange. W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland'a store.